best performing large cap stocks from 1985 to 2000

Insmed (INSM) had the highest return between 1985 and 2000 by a large-cap US stock, returning 666,967.3%.

ASSETYEARS% RETURN
Insmed (INSM)
1985-2000
666,967.31%
Nike (NKE)
1985-2000
216,573.91%
Amgen (AMGN)
1985-2000
64,458.4%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1985-2000
51,661.23%
Oracle (ORCL)
1985-2000
45,775.25%
Laboratory Corporation of America (LH)
1985-2000
44,763.7%
Teva Pharma Industries Ltd ADR (TEVA)
1985-2000
39,104.26%
Paychex (PAYX)
1985-2000
33,120.12%
Altria (MO)
1985-2000
26,085.19%
Suncor Energy (SU)
1985-2000
22,917.53%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1985-2000
22,212.54%
Medtronic (MDT)
1985-2000
19,812.3%
Adobe (ADBE)
1985-2000
18,743.35%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1985-2000
17,421.05%
Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
1985-2000
16,062.74%
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson B ADR (ERIC)
1985-2000
14,292.64%
SEI Investments (SEIC)
1985-2000
13,911.13%
Home Depot (HD)
1985-2000
12,683.81%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
1985-2000
12,659.13%
Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD)
1985-2000
9,622.41%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1985-2000
8,949.97%
Unilever PLC ADR (UL)
1985-2000
8,764.68%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1985-2000
8,369.51%
Danaher (DHR)
1985-2000
8,186.42%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1985-2000
8,141.46%
Large-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $10B+.